Poetry Terms Quiz 295 (20 MCQs)

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1. A form of poetry that tells a story and has a setting, characters, and a plot
2. In poetry, a STANZA is .....
3. Which of the following terms means: "A group of consecutive lines that forms a single unit. A poetic paragraph."
4. Which poetry term can be found in the following example? Lovely Linda likes lazy lizards.
5. The narrator of a poem (character/person telling the poem; not always the author).
6. Rhyme that does not match exactly (love/prove)
7. Specific arrangement of a poem that includes lines and stanzas
8. A person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
9. A poem's theme is .....
10. Tahquamenon FallsWater rushing, gushing, pushingpast the limits of the edge.Water barrels off the ledge, whipping up the bottom sludge, makes the water look like fudge, growling with a freight train's roar, wildly rushes out some more. This is an example of
11. What do we call the pattern of stresses or beats in written language?
12. What is the definition of audience?
13. Sensory language that creates word pictures in readers' minds The word is .....
14. A group of lines in a poem or song is called
15. Comparison between two unlike things using "like", "as", "than", or "resembles"
16. The bright red and yellow explosions of fireworks bloomed in the night as the BOOM deafened the crowd. The smell of gunpowder drifted through the air and mixed with the smells of BBQ and fresh cut grass.
17. The repetition of a vowel sounds within a word such as Minnesota and finish
18. Which is the correct defintion of blank verse?
19. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often (but not always) marked by punctuation.
20. The way the poet feels about the subject of his or her work is called-